Spartak Moscow
comes to the Europa League Champions League, where he finished third with Liverpool, Sevilla and Maribor
is one of the forces of Russian football, where in this edition of the championship it is currently the third
play excellently in front of his own fans and do not forget that home has won a draw with Liverpool and shattered Sevilla
the main drawback to Bilbao is that he has not played an official match this year, and will only start in the domestic competitions on February 28
Hanni, the Anderlecht-winning player in the winter, can make his debut at the team, but Tigiev, Jikia and Ananidze remain in trouble because of medical problems
The probable team (4-2-3-1): Selikhov – Kombarov, Bocchetti, Tasci, Eshcenko – Pasalic, Fernando – Promes, Glushakov, Samedov – Adriano
Athletic Bilbao
had a relatively good evolution in the group stage and won a group of Ostersunds, Zorya and Hertha Berlin
does not cross a good shape and has a series of six consecutive matches unsuccessful
can put danger in the drive, where he suffered a single failure in the last seven games
usually the matches in which they are engaged are without show, the proof being that eight of the last nine games ended with a maximum of two scored goals
Balenziaga and Inigo Martinez will not travel to Russia
The probable team (4-2-3-1): Herrerin – Saborit, Nunez, Etxeita, Lekue – Rico, Jose – Cordoba, Garcia, Williams – Aduriz
Direct meetings
the two groups have not met before
My tip: Spartak Moscow vs Athletic Bilbao
Spartak proved this season to be a hard-to-beat group at home, and a 5-1 victory over Seville and a draw with Liverpool tells a lot about the Russian force
they meet an opponent that did not impress too much this season, being positioned in the lower half of the hierarchy of the Primera Division
if we remove from the equation the unexpected failure suffered by Liverpool, we can say that the Muscovites played excellently before the competitive break and now they seem 100% ready to make a beautiful figure in the Europa League
I think Spartak is slightly favorite at home and I think he is capable of winning
PREDICTION: Spartak Moscova win @ 1.71
